New products and services to be launched by Microsoft and regarding Windows 7

New Products and services launched or to-be launched by Microsoft:

1] Microsoft to launch experimental search site:

http://www.cio.com/article/print/482223

2] Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and .Net Framework v4.0 to be released in Dec. 2009:

http://searchwindevelopment.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid8_gci1346469,00.html?track=NL-544&ad=691049&Offer=WDxSQL226vslg&asrc=EM_UTS_5975320&uid=8594948

Download link for VS 2010:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=922B4655-93D0-4476-BDA4-94CF5F8D4814&displaylang=en

System Requirements:

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows XP

• Minimum 75 GB available HDD space
• The host computer must have a minimum of 2 GB RAM, with 1 GB allocated to the host operating system and 1 GB allocated to the VPC.
• We recommend that the host computer CPU be at least a Core Duo 2 GHz processor.
• Service Pack 1 of Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 is required to access the VPC.

3] Imagine Cup Practice Labs:

Currently only for 2nd round qualifiers....

https://vlabs.learningservices.microsoft.com/scoredlabs/home.aspx

4] Microsoft Visual Robotics Studio:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/robotics/default.aspx

Regarding Windows 7 and RC1:

1] When is Windows 7 RC1 and Final going to be released ?... and advancements in Windows RC1:
http://gameboyzone.blogspot.com/2009/02/when-is-windows-7-going-to-be-realeased.html

2] Windows XP SP3 and Vista SP1 to Windows 7 upgrade:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vista-SP1-to-Windows-7-Upgrade-XP-SP3-to-Windows-7-Upgrade-105693.shtml